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Kharge pays tribute to Narasimha Rao, hails economic reforms, foreign policy vision

Kharge pays tribute to Narasimha Rao, hails economic reforms, foreign policy vision

New Delhi, June 28 (UNI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today paid homage to former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary, lauding his economic liberalisation policies and forward-looking foreign policy initiatives.
In a tribute on X, Kharge acknowledged Rao's transformative role in ushering in wide-ranging economic liberalisation policies that laid the foundation for an era of unprecedented national growth. These reforms, he said, were instrumental in uplifting and expanding India’s middle class and creating a more robust and resilient economy.
“We pay our tributes to Former Prime Minister, PV Narasimha Rao, on his birth anniversary. His government's far-reaching economic liberalisation policies were instrumental in catalysing an era of unprecedented national growth, These reforms were pivotal in the upliftment and expansion of the middle class, thereby laying a robust foundation for a more formidable and resilient India,” Kharge said.

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